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… 1.2% Principal tribes: Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Ngātiwai Population of major urban area, 2013 Whangārei: …
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Part of story: Northland region
… the government tried to purchase land at Rotorua from the Ngāti Whakaue people. They would not sell without testing …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… 1834, the daughter of Kōtiro Hinerangi, who was probably of Ngāti Ruanui from Taranaki, and Alexander Grey (Gray), a …
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… Māori and Europeans. The missionary Octavius Hadfield and Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha together organised the building …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… month was represented by a star or stars. According to one Ngāti Kahungunu authority, ‘without exception, stars were …
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Part of story: Maramataka – the lunar calendar
… site. The springs were a traditional bathing spot for the Ngāti Rākaipaaka hapū. In the 1880s most of the surrounding …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… and high-ranking women of defeated tribes was common. Ngāti Porou elder Tuta Nihoniho spoke about the importance …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori warfare – Riri
… of the peninsula. Karikari is a traditional homeland for Ngāti Kahu. One of their marae, Haiti-Tai-Marangai, is on …
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Part of story: Northland places
… of Masterton. The people of the marae are mainly from Ngāti Hamua, a Rangitāne sub-tribe. The original meeting …
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Part of story: Wairarapa places
… the tree and the two became the founding ancestors of the Ngāti Pikiao tribe, in the Rotorua area. The tree still …
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Part of story: Conifers
… in Northland or Waikato. Noda married Rihi Tipene Te Ahu of Ngāti Mahuta, probably in 1894. Their wedding is said to …
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… increased, the track was widened to a road. But the Ngāti Toa people, who knew the road would hasten the …
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Part of story: Wellington places
… North Island to the east coast of the South Island. Both Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāi Tahu followed this route, which took …
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Part of story: Marlborough region
… as Ngāi Tahu, and also with that tribe’s predecessors, Ngāti Māmoe and Waitaha. European sealers began arriving in …
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Part of story: Otago region
… Te Heuheu, paramount chief of the central North Island Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe, gifted the sacred Tongariro mountain …
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Part of story: Mountains
… Māori action song, particularly the work of Tuini Ngāwai of Ngāti Porou. Ngāwai was described by Apirana Ngata as a …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… Raihania Rimitiriu Shearer Raihania Rimitiriu, the Ngāti Porou ‘gun’, ruled supreme in East Coast and Hawke’s …
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Part of story: Shearing
… would climb the trees and grab (hopu) the bird (kōkō). The Ngāti Porou tribe called this method rutu (dash down), as …
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Part of story: Te tāhere manu – bird catching
… lover Tūrongo. They named their child (the ancestor of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe) after the plant. Whānau – family …
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Part of story: Te Waonui a Tāne – forest mythology
… whale, which he rode to shore and safety. Earned leadership Ngāti Toarangatira leader Te Rauparaha was not the most …
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Part of story: Tūranga i te hapori – status in Māori society